cockroach

paraphyletic group of winged insects of the order Blattodea
Taxon organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name Q1661828
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cockroach

Summary

cockroach is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. cockroach ranks in the top 8% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,056 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cockroach's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[3].
  • cockroach is a type of Blattodea[4].
  • cockroach's Commons category is recorded as Blattodea[5].
  • cockroach's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blattodea by common name[6].
  • cockroach's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[7].
  • cockroach's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8].
  • cockroach's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • cockroach's described by source is recorded as Cockroach Species File[10].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Anaplectidae[11].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Blaberidae[12].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Blattidae[13].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Corydiidae[14].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Cryptocercidae[15].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Ectobiidae[16].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Lamproblattidae[17].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Nocticolidae[18].
  • cockroach's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Tryonicidae[19].

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Discovery and Description

Things named for cockroach include La Cucaracha[20], a musical work/composition[21] and The Cockroaches[22], a literary work[23], written by Jo Nesbø[24].

Why It Matters

cockroach ranks in the top 8% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,056 views/month).[2] cockroach has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] cockroach is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for cockroach include La Cucaracha[20], a musical work/composition[21] and The Cockroaches[22], a literary work[23], written by Jo Nesbø[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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